Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order.

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Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order. The world has changed over the course of time, but the fundamentals of science have not changed so much. All people have to do is find out what is true and what is not true. This is true for every field of science.

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